Billy Talent discography

Billy Talent discography
Studio albums7
EPs6
Live albums3
Singles31
Video albums1
Music videos28
Demos/unreleased tracks26

This is the discography of Canadian rock band Billy Talent. Included in this discography are three items that are from when the band was known as Pezz. These items are Demoluca, Dudebox, and Watoosh!. Besides those items, this discography documents every studio album, live album, EP, DVD and single released under the name Billy Talent.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
IRL
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Watoosh!
  • Released: July 23, 1999
  • Label: Dudebox (Self-released)
  • Released under the name Pezz
Billy Talent
  • Released: September 16, 2003
  • Label: Dudebox, Atlantic
6 38 97 124 194
Billy Talent II
  • Released: June 27, 2006
  • Label: Dudebox, Atlantic
1 [A] 4 80 22 1 31 46 134
  • MC: 4× Platinum[11]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[12]
  • BPI: Silver[13]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
Billy Talent III 1 44 2 3 2 98 3 35 107
  • MC: 3× Platinum[11]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[12]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
Dead Silence
  • Released: September 11, 2012
  • Label: Dudebox, Warner Canada, Last Gang
1 36 2 176 12 1 94 3 23 135
Afraid of Heights
  • Released: July 29, 2016
  • Label: Dudebox, Warner Canada, The End
1 26 1 66 26 1 1 23 [B]
Crisis of Faith
  • Released: January 21, 2022
  • Label: Dudebox, Warner Canada, Spinefarm
8 2 1 1 [C]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[3]
GER
[6]
Live from the UK Sept./2006
  • Released: September 8/16, 2006
  • Label: Dudebox, Atlantic
666
  • Released: November 27, 2007
  • Label: Dudebox, Atlantic
17 31
Live at Festhalle Frankfurt 34
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[1]
GER
[6]
SWI
[8]
Hits
  • Released: November 4, 2014
  • Label: Dudebox, Warner Music Canada
15 64 79
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]

Extended plays

Title Album details
Demoluca
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Dudebox (Self-released)
  • Released under the name Pezz
Dudebox
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Dudebox (Self-released)
  • Released under the name Pezz
Try Honesty EP
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Dudebox, Atlantic
Try Honesty/Living in the Shadows
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Dudebox (Self-released)
Rusted from the Rain EP
  • Released: July 28, 2009
  • Label: Dudebox, Warner
iTunes Session
  • Released: February 16, 2010
  • Label: Dudebox, iTunes

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[19]
CAN
Rock

[20]
AUT
[21]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
CZ
[22]
GER
[23]
SCO
[24]
SWI
[25]
UK
[9][26]
US
Alt.

[27]
"Try Honesty" 2003 × 84 68 24
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]
Billy Talent
"The Ex" × 74 61
"River Below" 2004 12 88 70
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]
"Nothing to Lose" 15
"Devil in a Midnight Mass" 2006 4 5 48 66
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]
Billy Talent II
"Red Flag" 10 19 34 40 49
"Fallen Leaves" 22 2 34 68 35 57 91 [D]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[11]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
"Surrender" 2007 22 9 45 60 68 46 86 [E]
"This Suffering" 93 27
"Turn Your Back" (Single Version)
(featuring Anti-Flag)
2009 23 19 50 23 Billy Talent III
"Rusted from the Rain" 9 1 19 14 95 53 [F]
"Devil on My Shoulder" 46 2
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]
"Saint Veronika" 2010 62 3
"Diamond on a Landmine" 88 7
"Viking Death March" 2012 69 7 Dead Silence
"Surprise Surprise" 77 1 77
"Stand Up and Run" 2013 90 1
"Show Me the Way" 8
"Kingdom of Zod" 2014 5 Hits
"Chasing the Sun" 34
"Afraid of Heights" 2016 1 Afraid of Heights
"Louder Than the DJ" 18
"Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" 21
"A Passage to Bangkok" (Rush Cover) Non-album single
"Forgiveness I + II" 2019 40 Crisis of Faith
"Reckless Paradise" 2020 [G] 1
"I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" [H] 1
"End of Me"
(featuring Rivers Cuomo)
2021 1
"The Wolf" [33] 2022 13
"Limelight" (Amazon Music Original)
(Rush Cover)
2025 Non-album single
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Other charted and certified songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
Rock

[20]
CZ
Rock

[34]
"This Is How It Goes" 2003 Billy Talent
“Line and Sinker”
"Pins and Needles" 2006 Billy Talent II
"Diamond On A Landmine" (Live) 2010 43 iTunes Session
"Big Red Gun" 2016 2 Afraid of Heights
"The Crutch" 7
"Time-Bomb Ticking Away" 50
"One Less Problem" 2022 9 Crisis of Faith
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

DVDs

Demos and non-album tracks (b-sides, covers, etc)

Title Year Type Format Release(s)
7" CD Digital Streaming
"You Had It All" 2000 Demo Billy Talent Demo
"Beach Balls" (Demo)
"Try Honesty" (Original Demo) 2001 Try Honesty EP
"This Is How It Goes" (Original Demo)
"Cut the Curtains" (Original Demo)
"Beach Balls" B-Side Try Honesty EP
Try Honesty - Single
Billy Talent - Japanese Edition
"Living in the Shadows" (Industry Demo) 2002 Demo Industry Demo
Billy Talent - 10th Anniversary Edition
"Try Honesty" (Industry Demo)
"The Ex" (Industry Demo)
"Cut the Curtain" (Industry Demo)
"Prisoners of Today" (Industry Demo)
"This Is How It Goes" (Industry Demo)
"When I Was a Little Girl" 2003 B-Side Try Honesty - Single
Billy Talent - Japanese Edition
"Waiting Room" (Fugazi cover) Live The Ex - Single
"Red Flag" (Demo) 2006 Demo Devil in a Midnight Mass - Single
"Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Demo)
"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)"
(Buzzcocks cover)
Cover Devil in a Midnight Mass - Single
Red Flag - Single
"This Suffering" (Demo) Demo D2C via Myspace
"Where Is the Line?" (Demo) Red Flag - Single
"Surrender" (Work in Progress) D2C via Myspace
"Perfect World" (Demo)
"Cold Turkey" (John Lennon cover) 2009 Cover Rusted from the Rain - Single
"Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts" B-Side Billy Talent III - Japanese Edition
"Don't Need to Pretend"
Devil on My Shoulder" (Demo) Demo Billy Talent III -
Special Edition
"Tears into Wine" (Demo) Billy Talent III - Guitar Villain Edition
"White Sparrows" (Demo)
"Pocketful of Dreams" (Demo)
"Turn Your Back" (Demo)
"Sudden Movements"
(Fil Bucchino Dub Mix)
2013 Remix Stand Up And Run - Single
"Chasing the Sun" (Demo) 2015 Demo The End Records Free Sampler 2015
"Half Past Dead" 2016 B-Side Afraid of Heights - Japanese Edition
"Big Red Gun" (Demo) Demo Afraid of Heights - Deluxe
"Afraid of Heights" (Demo)
"Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" (Demo)
"Louder than the DJ" (Demo)
"The Crutch" (Demo)
"Time-Bomb Ticking Away" (Demo)
"Leave Them All Behind" (Demo)
"Afraid of Heights (Reprise)" (Demo)
"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"
(Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover)
2017 Cover Warner Music Canada : Covered in Gold 5.0 - Compilation

Music videos

Year Song Title Song Album Director
2003 "Try Honesty" Billy Talent Sean Michael Turrell
2004 "The Ex" Billy Talent & Shawn Maher
"River Below" Sean Michael Turrell
"Nothing to Lose"
2006 "Devil in a Midnight Mass" Billy Talent II
"Red Flag" Floria Sigismondi
"Fallen Leaves" Dean Karr & Ian D'Sa
2007 "Surrender" Phil Harder
"The Navy Song"
"This Suffering" Pierre & Francois Lamoureux
2009 "Rusted From the Rain" Billy Talent III Wayne Isham
"Devil on My Shoulder" Howard Greenhalgh
2010 "Saint Veronika" Michael Maxxis
"Diamond on a Landmine"
"Prisoners of Today" Billy Talent Dustin Rabin
2012 "Viking Death March" Dead Silence Michael Maxxis, David Hogan
"Surprise Surprise"[35] Michael Maxxis
2013 "Stand Up and Run"[36] Phil Harder
"Show Me the Way" Alon Isocianu, Jack Kay, Chad Kroeger
"Runnin' Across the Tracks" Alon Isocianu
2014 "Kingdom of Zod" Hits Sean Michael Turrell
2015 "Chasing the Sun" Phil Harder
"Love Was Still Around" Dead Silence Dustin Rabin
2016 "Afraid of Heights" Afraid of Heights Alon Isocianu
"Louder Than the DJ" Aaron Solowoniuk & Dustin Rabin
2017 "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux & Sarah Legault
2021 "End Of Me" Crisis of Faith Liam Lynch
2024 "M&M" (Pezz) Watoosh!

Notes

  1. ^ Billy Talent II did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Hitseekers Albums chart.[14]
  2. ^ Afraid of Heights did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number eight on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[17]
  3. ^ Crisis of Faith did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[18]
  4. ^ "Fallen Leaves" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 43 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[28]
  5. ^ "Surrender" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 77 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[29]
  6. ^ "Rusted from the Rain" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 59 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[30]
  7. ^ "Reckless Paradise" did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but peaked at number 46 on the Canadian Digital Songs chart.[32]
  8. ^ "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but peaked at number 34 on the Canadian Digital Songs chart.[32]

References

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  20. ^ a b * For "River Below" "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 71. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
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  24. ^ Peaks on the Scottish singles chart:
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  28. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. February 25, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  29. ^ "Surrender Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  30. ^ "Rusted from the Rain Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
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